diff --git a/setuptools/__init__.py b/setuptools/__init__.py
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+import configparser, csv, datetime, html.parser, itertools, os, sqlite3, sys, tweepy
+
+class SetupException(Exception):
+ def __str__(self):
+  return "Seems like config.cfg has not been created yet or contains serious errors. Run setup.py to create it."
+
+def getSetting(section, setting, path = "config.cfg"):
+ config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+ config.read(path)
+ return config.get(section, setting)
+
+def dbtype():
+ try:
+  return int(getSetting("Database", "type"))
+ except:
+  return 0 # for SQLite3
+
+### Must only be called AFTER dbtype()! ###
+
+def dbhost():
+ try:
+  return getSetting("Database", "host")
+ except:
+  raise SetupException()
+
+def dbuser():
+ try:
+  return getSetting("Database", "user")
+ except:
+  raise SetupException()
+
+def dbpass():
+ try:
+  return getSetting("Database", "pass")
+ except:
+  raise SetupException()
+
+def dbname():
+ try:
+  return getSetting("Database", "name")
+ except:
+  raise SetupException()
+
+def dbpath():
+ try:
+  return getSetting("Database", "path")
+ except:
+  return SetupException()
+
+###
+
+def token():
+ try:
+  return getSetting("Telegram", "token")
+ except:
+  return SetupException()
+
+def cke():
+ try:
+  return getSetting("Twitter", "cke")
+ except:
+  raise SetupException()
+
+def cse():
+ try:
+  return getSetting("Twitter", "cse")
+ except:
+  raise SetupException()
+
+def ato():
+ try:
+  return getSetting("Twitter", "ato")
+ except:
+  raise SetupException()
+
+def ase():
+ try:
+  return getSetting("Twitter", "ase")
+ except:
+  raise SetupException()
+
+def dbCheck(db, create = False):
+ if (not create and dbInitialized(db)) or (create and not dbInitialized(db)):
+  return True
+ if create:
+  raise ValueError("Provided database file " + db.path + " is already initialized. Remove it manually before trying to recreate it.")
+ raise ValueError("Provided database file " + db.path + " is not initialized. Create it using makedb.py or csvdb.py")
+
+
+def dbHelper(path, create = False):
+ db = dbObject(path)
+ dbCheck(db, create)
+ return db
+
+
+def dbInitialized(db):
+ return db.isInitialized()
+
+
+def fileExists(path):
+ return os.path.isfile(path)
+
+
+def getDate(date):
+ try:
+  return datetime.datetime.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%d')
+ except ValueError:
+  raise ValueError("Dates must be in YYYY-MM-DD format.")
+
+
+def paginate(iterable, page_size):
+ while True:
+  i1, i2 = itertools.tee(iterable)
+  iterable, page = (itertools.islice(i1, page_size, None), list(itertools.islice(i2, page_size)))
+  if len(page) == 0:
+   break
+  yield page
+
+
+def parseArgs(argv):
+ args = []
+ path = None
+ nextpath = False
+
+ for a in argv[1:]:
+  if nextpath:
+   path = a
+   nextpath = False
+  elif a == "-f":
+   if path != None:
+    raise ValueError("You can only pass one database file.")
+   nextpath = True
+  else:
+   args += [a]
+
+ return args, path
+
+def printCSV(inlist):
+ writer = csv.writer(sys.stdout)
+ writer.writerows(inlist)
+
+def unescapeText(text):
+ return html.parser.HTMLParser().unescape(text).replace("'","''")
+